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            • Multithreading typically refers to sharing a single CPU between multiple tasks (or "threads") in a way designed to minimise the time required to switch threads. This is accomplished by sharing as much as possible of the program execution environment between the different threads so that very little state needs to be saved and restored when changing thread. Multiple threads can be executed in parallel on many computer systems. This multithreading generally occurs by time slicing, wherein a single processor switches between different threads--in which case the processing is not literally "simultaneous", for the single processor is only really doing one thing at a time. On a multiprocessor system, threading can be achieved via multiprocessing, wherein different threads can run simultaneously on different processors. www.NetworkDictionary.com
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            • The design of the Java language makes multithreading essential for all but the simplest applets. In particular, IO and GUI programming both require multithreading to provide a seamless experience for the user. - IBM by
            • On a multi-processor computer, multithreading is implemented with a mixture of time-slicing and genuine concurrency – where different threads run code simultaneously on different CPUs. - O'Reilly Media by
            • Multithreading requires careful programming. For most tasks, you can reduce complexity by queuing requests for execution by thread pool threads. - Microsoft Corporation by
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            • Il ****multithreading**** in informatica indica il supporto hardware da parte di un processore di eseguire più thread. Questa tecnica si distingue da quella alla base dei sistemi multiprocessore per il fatto che i singoli thread condividono lo stesso spazio d'indirizzamento, la stessa cache e lo stesso translation lookaside buffer. Il multithreading migliora le prestazioni dei programmi solamente quando questi sono stati sviluppati suddividendo il carico di lavoro su più thread che possono essere eseguiti in parallelo. I sistemi multiprocessore sono dotati di più unità di calcolo indipendenti, un sistema multithread invece è dotato di una singola unità di calcolo che si cerca di utilizzare al meglio eseguendo più thread nella stessa unità di calcolo. Le tecniche sono complementari, a volte i sistemi multiprocessore implementano anche il multithreading per migliorare le prestazioni complessive del sistema. wikipedia - by AC0
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            • Il kernel di Windows 7 ha beneficiato di diverse migliorie e ottimizzazioni rispetto a quello di Vista, ed è ora accreditato di supportare al meglio le CPU multicore e il ***multithreading***. In alcuni test condotti da InfoWorld si evince che, in termini di performance pure, Windows 7 non offre nulla in più di quanto offriva Vista: ciò non toglie che, grazie soprattutto alle ottimizzazioni apportare all'architettura, il nuovo sistema operativo appaia più agile e reattivo rispetto al predecessore. Stando ancora a InfoWorld, un campo dove Windows 7 eccelle è quello del risparmio energetico: a parità di configurazione hardware, la nuova versione di Windows assorbe circa il 17 per cento di energia in meno rispetto a Vista SP2, un fattore che va a diretto beneficio dell'autonomia dei notebook. - punto-informatico.it by AC0
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            • Een thread (Engels voor draad) op een computer is een proces dat binnen een proces uitgevoerd wordt. Met behulp van threads kan een computerprogramma verschillende taken "tegelijkertijd" uitvoeren net zoals in een besturingssysteem met multitasking meerdere processen tegelijk kunnen draaien. Het gebruik van meerdere threads wordt multithreading genoemd. Wikipedia - by Ron Willems
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            • Het ouderwetse idee dat iedere processor één thread tegelijk kan verwerken is sinds een paar jaar achterhaald. Om ontwikkelaars alvast wakker te schudden introduceerde Intel in 2003 een SMT (Simultanious MultiThreading) techniek genaamd HyperThreading. Er zitten echter nogal wat haken en ogen aan deze vorm van hardwarematige multithreading. - Tweakers.net by Ron Willems
            • Mac OS 8.0 bestaat uit een oude architectuur in een nieuwe jasje. Geheugenbescherming en multithreading behoren niet tot de eigenschappen van Mac OS. - Computable by Ron Willems
            • De meeste functies in LightWave zijn multithreaded, wat betekent dat deze functies gebruik kunnen maken van meerdere processoren in dezelfde computer. - Wikipedia by Ron Willems
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